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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Today's Birthdays in Music: April 26 (Podleś, Lipp)

1952 - Ewa Podleś, Warsaw, Poland; opera and concert contralto

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Interview (1998)

Ewa Podleś sings Berlioz's scène lyrique "La mort de Cléopâtre" (Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Charles Dutoit, 2003)





1925 - Wilma Lipp, Vienna, Austria; opera soprano

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Wilma Lipp as The Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (1950)


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